Discussion of SIOC modules, etc

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Greetings!

While I enjoyed today's meeting I would find it helpful to have detailed 
discussions of substantive matters on the email list.

That would make the conversation easier to follow as well as making it 
possible to formulate detailed examples and to consult references.

For example, I think Laura and Deirdre had a very good point when they 
said modeling decisions *require looking at actual data* and not simply 
deciding such matters in the abstract. The outcome? We continued to 
discuss matters in the abstract.

I realize that is a limitation of conference calls, that it isn't 
possible to suddenly produce data for everyone to review, not to mention 
everyone having the time to review data. But that is an advantage of 
email discussion lists. Someone, perhaps Laura or Deirdre, can suggest 
that actual data needs to be examined. Someone else can suggest a data 
set and then we can all take some time to review the same data set.

That grounds our discussion in a common data set (first advantage) and 
allows us to focus an agenda for discussion only on those areas that are 
actually in question. (second advantage) That is we don't go over 
matters that are not disputed by anyone in the conversation.

Not to mention that having written discussions will make it easier to 
track the development of ideas as they mature for inclusion in the draft.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Patrick




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Patrick Durusau
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Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34
Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps)
Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300
Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)

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